# DELETE - Remove

The Custom Audience API 1.1 only accepts install IDs for the moment. For audiences with custom user IDs or advertising IDs, the version 1.0 should be used.

The Custom Audience API enables you to create, update, delete and list custom audiences. A **custom audience** can contain a list of custom user IDs, advertising IDs *(GAID or IDFA)* or install IDs.

This is useful to target segments with push notifications or In-App messages, either they are coming from your userbase or created by third-party tools.

Custom audiences created using the API can be targeted from Batch’s dashboard or the [Campaigns API](https://github.com/BatchLabs/product.tech-documentation-gitbook/blob/master/api/campaigns/create/README.md).

**NOTE**: Custom Audiences with install IDs are only supported from the 1.1 version of the Custom Audience API. Also note that this version doesn't support custom user IDs and advertising IDs for the moment.

### Request structure

#### Route

The Custom Audience API exposes a DELETE endpoint that allows to delete a custom audience :

`https://api.batch.com/1.1/BATCH_API_KEY/custom-audience/AUDIENCE_NAME`

Here is a valid cURL example:

```bash
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Authorization: BATCH_REST_API_KEY" -X DELETE "https://api.batch.com/1.1/BATCH_API_KEY/custom-audience/AUDIENCE_NAME"
```

The `AUDIENCE_NAME` value is the name of the existing audience you want this operation to be applied to.

> **NOTE**: If the deleted custom audience is already used as a campaign targeting, Batch will consider it as an empty custom audience.

The `BATCH_API_KEY` value is either your **Live**, **Dev** or **SDK** Batch API key from the settings page of your app within the dashboard (⚙ Settings → General).

#### Headers

In order to authenticate with the API, you need to provide your **company REST API Key** as the value of the `X-Authorization` header. You can find it in ⚙ Settings → General.

### Responses

#### Success

If the call to the API endpoint is successful you will receive an **HTTP 200** confirmation.

#### Failure

If the POST data does not meet the API requirements you will receive an actionable error message. Contact us at <support@batch.com> if you need further support.

* `AUTHENTICATION_INVALID` (Http status code: 401, Error code: 10)
* `API_MISUSE` (Http status code: 403, Error code: 12)
* `ROUTE_NOT_FOUND` (Http status code: 404, Error code: 20)
* `MISSING_PARAMETER` (Http status code: 400, Error code: 30)
* `MALFORMED_PARAMETER` (Http status code: 400, Error code: 31)
* `MALFORMED_JSON_BODY` (Http status code: 400, Error code: 32)
* `SERVER_ERROR` (Http status code: 500, Error code: 1)
* `MAINTENANCE_ERROR` (Http status code: 503, Error code: 2)


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